Arsene Wenger will be given a £70million transfer fund by the Arsenal board. Liverpool’s Pepe Reina, midfielders Etienne Capoue and Victor Wanyama of Toulouse and Celtic respectively and Fiorentina forward Stevan Jovetic all on his hit-list.

Where is that list? Who saw it? Did the Mirror and Mail writers see a list. Or was it fed to them by an Arsenal rep, one, you know, looking to keep the fans happy at this crucial time in marketing process?

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